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I was bowled over... It is a book of page-turning vignettes Daily Telegraph Exploring the double portrait in revelatory detail, Hicks presents a truly inspiring picture of her own The Times The book has sent me back to the painting...with wider and more inquisitive eyes -- Peter Conrad Observer An author who opens our eyes, deepens our understanding and makes us keen to look again -- Frances Spalding Daily Mail Hicks tells a truly fascinating story about image and ownership, based on diligent, well-digested research -- Vera Ryan Irish Times

Hicks tells a truly fascinating story about image and ownership, based on diligent, well-digested research -- Vera Ryan Irish Times A brilliantly idiosyncratic investigation which alternates chapters internal to the picture (the fashions, the furniture, the oranges, the mirror) with chapters on its production and historical meanderings -- Lynn Roberts Tablet Meticulously weaving an analysis of the portrait with chapters devoted to political and social history -- Fisun Guner Metro Hicks writes effortlessly, with a vast amount of information at her fingertips -- Jerry Brotton BBC History Magazine Engaging -- Gillian Tindal Literary Review

I was bowled over... It is a book of page-turning vignettes * Daily Telegraph * Exploring the double portrait in revelatory detail, Hicks presents a truly inspiring picture of her own * The Times * The book has sent me back to the painting...with wider and more inquisitive eyes -- Peter Conrad * Observer * An author who opens our eyes, deepens our understanding and makes us keen to look again -- Frances Spalding * Daily Mail * Hicks tells a truly fascinating story about image and ownership, based on diligent, well-digested research -- Vera Ryan * Irish Times *

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Carola Hicks, an acclaimed art historian, and witty, perceptive writer, died in 2010 just as she was finishing this book. Born in Sussex, Carola studied archaeology at Edinburgh University, and was an actress, journalist and House of Commons Researcher, before taking up an academic career. For several years she was curator of the Stained Glass Museum at Ely Cathedral, and then became a Fellow and Director of Studies in art history at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her books include Animals in Early Medieval Art, Improper Pursuits- The Scandalous Life of Lady Di Beauclerk, and two fine 'biographies' of works of art- The Bayeux Tapestry- The Life Story of a Masterpiece and The King's Glass- A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art.

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